Assassination of José Gálvez
José Gálvez, FREDEMO candidate and principal of the Carlos Wiesse school in Comas, was assassinated by the PCP-SL in 1990. This crime was part of the Shining Path's strategy of selective assassinations against authorities and political leaders in the Northern Zone of Lima.
José Gálvez, FREDEMO candidate and principal of the Carlos Wiesse school in Comas, was assassinated by the PCP-SL in 1990. This assassination took place in the context of a Shining Path strategy of attacking authorities and political figures in the Northern Zone of Metropolitan Lima. The crime was part of a series of selective assassinations against political and neighborhood leaders that intensified in the early 1990s. Galvez was an educational and political figure in Comas, a district that experienced a high subversive presence during that period.